92
Smart Post – Post Grid, Post Carousel, Post Slider Gutenberg Blocks for Blog & News
The lightweight way to turn simple lists into stunning layouts.
HealthyGrowing
92/100
Users appreciate the lightweight layouts and helpful support despite occasional bugs in the premium version.
Active installs
~33,000
our estimate · wp.org shows 20k+
Rating
4.7★
207 ratings
Trend · vs a year ago
+64%
Growing fast
133 → 218 installs/day
Downloads over time
real new installs per day · release spikes shown separately from the trend2025-04-302025-08-082025-11-162026-02-232026-06-03
organicrelease spikerelease tailorganic trend · 14d rolling median
Growing fast · +64% in the last year
133/day a year ago→218/day today
Reviews
what people actually saySmart Post Show is well-regarded as a focused, lightweight post grid/carousel/slider plugin that stands out for its ease of use and responsive support, though a small number of users report bugs and integration failures with the premium version.
What people like
- +Fills a specific niche for post sliders/carousels/grids without bloating WordPress with unnecessary blocks×3
- +Easy to set up and use out of the box×5
- +Free version is capable enough for most users' needs×3
- +Highly responsive and helpful support team, including on the free tier×7
- +Good range of layout presets, content orientations, and customization options×3
- +Fast performance×2
- +Flexible enough to serve alternative use cases beyond standard sliders
Common complaints
- −Bug with item count when pagination is disabled: only the default 12 items display, requiring a specific workaround to change the count
- −No duplicate/copy option for existing carousels or lists
- −At least one user experienced the premium version failing to display content correctly and not integrating smoothly, with issues unresolved despite full support access
- −Temporary licensing issues reported for at least one pro user
Review trustReviews look organic
- 4.84★Verified rating — holds steady vs the raw 4.70★
- 12%One-shot reviewers — most reviewers are active community members
Reviews per month · 5★ vs lower
2023-09-182025-02-092026-06-04
5★ reviews1–4★ reviews
All-time ratings · 207 total
Latest reviews · 90 analyzed
- 2026-04-15★★★★★Finally – I found a decent post slider!thingswelike
- 2026-02-19★★★★★Absolutely brilliant plugin!timboc
- 2026-01-28★★★★★Very nice postgrid pluginstevegek
- 2026-01-27★★★★★Awesome plugin !!Mave27
- 2025-12-15★★★★★Great pluginsupersonik
- 2025-09-15★★★★★Great but need improvmentMohsen Tavoosi
- 2025-09-13★★★★★The PRO version works very wellmpojalow
- 2025-06-09★★★★★Excelent plugin!zulex
- 2025-04-08★★★★★Post Show plugin is the Bestimaxweb
- 2025-03-31★★★★★Refund Received, But Not Worth the Hasslehappybuilder24
Releases
recent versions from WordPress.org SVNAlternatives to Smart Post
Top Builders plugins, ranked by score.For developers & the curious
the raw signals behind the grade — none of this is on the friendly summary aboveDownload signals
Baselines are computed on organic days only — release spikes and their tails are excluded, so they're not inflated by the auto-update wave.
301
Baseline · median of last 7 organic days
300
Prior 7-day baseline
290
Floor · 25th percentile over 14 days
3,641
Mean release-day peak (30d)
301
Latest day · 2026-06-03(organic)
+0.3%
Week-over-week organic trend
Review signals
Concentration and drive-by metrics drive the review-burst and fake-review flags. 30–40% solo reviewers is normal; we only flag the extremes.
10%
Max month share · biggest single 30-day window
0.93
Distribution CV · <0.6 even, >1.5 bursty
94%
5★ share in analyzed sample
12%
Solo reviewers · only this one wp.org activity
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Volume velocity · last 6mo vs prior 6mo
4.86 → 4.84★
Sample avg · raw → solo-filtered